It used to be that Christian institutions and systems of dogma sustained the spiritual life of Christians. Increasingly, spirituality itself is what… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I don't think we've got the gospel right yet. What does it mean to be 'saved'? When I read the Bible, I… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“Too often we put the gospel of Jesus through the strainer of consumerist-capitalism and retain only the thin broth that this modern-day… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I don't think we've got the gospel right yet.I don't think the liberals have it right. But I don't think we have… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“the more one respects Jesus, the more one must be brokenhearted, embarrassed, furious, or some combination thereof when one considers what we… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The church has been preoccupied with the question, 'What happens to your soul after you die?' AS IF THE REASON FOR JESUS… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Because we are rooted in a generous Christian heritage, we are eager to collaborate with people of other faiths, and those seeking… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“Never accept and be content with unanalyzed assumptions, assumptions about the work, about the people, about the church or Christianity. Never be… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
The church latched on to that old doctrine of original sin like a dog to a stick, and before you knew it,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
Ask me if Christianity (my version of it, yours, the Pope's, whoever's) is orthodox, meaning true, and here's my honest answer: a… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
A lot of arguments happen among religious and non religious people about the question of who's going to hell and who's going… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
“The surface causes of environmental carelessness among conservative Christians are legion, including subcontracting the evangelical mind out to right-wing politicians and greedy… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I love writers who are insightful enough to be cynical but choose not to be. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
“I have a confession to make.121 Almost every time I tune in to religious radio or TV, I want to change my religion. I” — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
“If, for you, orthodox means finally “getting it right” or “getting it straight,” mine is a pretty disappointing, curvy orthodoxy. But if, for you,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
That in itself is an act of peacemaking, because we're seeking to align our wills with God's will, our dreams with God's dream. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
“The wise preacher of Ecclesiastes might say, “There is a time for everything—a time to be laid-back and a time to be outraged; a… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
Since I was introduced to the practice of God's presence, which in turn led me into the contemplative way, I have nearly always felt… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
“There’s a lot of dirty theology out there, the religious counterpart to dirty politics and dirty business, I suppose. You might call it spiritual… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
“For me, Carol, we can't be faithful to God unless we're faithful to the facts, faithful to the data if you will. And so,… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
The scarily brilliant Romantic poet and visionary William Blake dared to say what many of us have perhaps thought but kept to ourselves: “A… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
“A generous orthodoxy is like that. It acknowledges that we’re all a mess. It sees in our worst failures the possibility of our deepest… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
“Why is it that the choice among churches always seems to be the choice between intelligence on ice and ignorance on fire? —as quoted… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
“globalism (for better or worse) transforms personal and ethnic identities, creating hyphenated and cosmopolitan identities—in which people consider themselves first and foremost citizens of… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
We must never underestimate our power to be wrong when talking about God, when thinking about God, when imagining God, whether in prose or… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
“We must, therefore, never underestimate our power to be wrong when talking about God, when thinking about God, when imagining God—whether in prose or… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
You know what, the thing that breaks my heart is that there's no way I can answer it without hurting someone on either side. — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share
